I’ve been meaning to write this poem for a while. It’s an ode to one of my long-time buddies-the local service bus! I realised recently that whilst I’ll gain all kinds of things when I e-v-e-n-t-u-a-l-l-y pass my driving test, they’ll be some things that I lose too-and space to think is one of them. I also really love writing on buses and trains, and have written some of my favourite poems whilst in transit. So perhaps in the future, when I’m a bit short on inspiration, I’ll just have the catch the bus.

I also have another little thing to share with you today. I’ve been looking for a while for some more innovative ways to post my poetry on here, and this week I was able to workshop some ideas with some brilliant creative minds in an event that took place at my workplace. We didn’t have a great deal of time, but someone suggested that we made shadow puppets to animate the film and bring it to life. Brainwave! Whilst we were only able to film the first few lines in this session (see below), I still have the puppets-and I’m hoping I’ll be able to film the whole thing soon. Watch this space! A huge thank you to Di, Emma and Jules for the ideas, feedback and filming.